Populous

Released

1989-06-04

User rating

3.47 / 5

Genres

Strategy

Platforms

PC, macOS, Game Boy, SNES, Classic Macintosh, Commodore / Amiga, Atari ST, Genesis, SEGA Master System

ESRB

Teen

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Game details · IGDB

Populous is a real-time strategy game where the player takes the role of a deity influencing the development of civilizations. You shape terrain, guide followers, and use natural disasters like floods, volcanoes, and earthquakes to influence or eliminate opposing tribes. The game features an isometric perspective and includes 500 levels (worlds), each with different challenges. Originally developed by Bullfrog and designed by Peter Molyneux, it is considered one of the earliest examples of the god-game genre.

Released

1989

Genres

Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy

Platforms

Acorn Archimedes, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Sega Master System/Mark III

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Developer

Bullfrog Productions

Publisher

Electronic Arts, Hudson Soft, Imagineer, Tec Toy

Wikidata facts

Instance of

video game

Genre

god game

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Series

Populous

Followed by

Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods

Composer

Rob Hubbard

Developer

Bullfrog Productions

Platform

Microsoft Windows

Game mode

single-player video game

Distribution format

digital distribution

Designed by

Peter Molyneux

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